Colombian gillyflower and spray carnation grower Agromonte started trialing lisianthus five twelvemonth ago . Since 2022 , they have been exporting them on a regular basis , mainly to the US but also to the UK and Korea . " As far as we know , we are the first grow this harvest in Colombia , and the need is pleasing , " says Daniel Maldonado , universal managing director of Agromonte . presently , they are rise three varieties , and a quaternary will be added soon .
Daniel Maldonado at Proflora 2023 in Bogota , Colombia .
Why lisianthus?Agromonte has been in the flower business organization for almost 40 years , growing 2,000,000 stems of stock carnations and 500,000 stems of atomiser carnations per calendar month . In 2018 , they started trialing lisianthus , but why this crop ? According to Maldonado , the reason for get lisianthus is multifold . " Lisianthus is a very beautiful flower with a quite a little of different forms and vividness and , in general , with a expectant vase living . In Colombia , there have been some run , but it is very hard to grow , so we knew it was going to be challenging , and bring on it would bring a lot of find out for Agromonte and a very dainty opportunity to give our client a beautiful intersection that is not comfortable to find . "
ChallengesGrowing this harvest is not an easy task , Maldonado distinguish us . " It entails a lot of challenge . One was to select the right variety , and so we have done ( and continue doing ) many trials of prissy variety that the suppliers are hand us to test . The production is completely dissimilar , and so we are doing it on another farm that is at 2,000 meters above ocean level ( which also imply a dissimilar business sector exemplar ) . Lisianthus is a very sensible plant , and we have been doing a lot of acquisition and investigating ; we changed the media , the irrigation , peculiar fumigation , and a lot of ventilation . luckily , we have had a bunch of help from other people in the production of lisianthus . We were invited to gossip and learn from some grower in Japan , and even a grower in Holland has grant us a lot of advice . "
Impression of Agromonte
AssortmentCurrently , they originate three variety , and the fourth will be impart soon . " We grow it from seed , and from the seed to the plant , it get hold of 17 weeks and from the flora to the peak another 18 week on average . And as we continue trialing new varieties , the variety will be expanded in the time to come " .
expatiate acreageAlso , in acreage , they are planning to expand . " At the root of 2023 , we had 0.2 hectares , by the end of this year , we will have 0.5 hectare planted . We ask to go to 2 hectares finally . "
For more info : Daniel MaldonadoAgromonteEmail:[email protected]www.agromonte - sa.com
© FloralDaily.com/Elita Vellekoop
